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LIMICOLjE. 



The Greenshank is a spring and autumn visitor to the coasts of 

 the Japanese islands. Dr. Henderson obtained it at Hakodadi in 

 October 1857 (Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. So. Philad. 1858, p. 196). 



Tutanus glottis. 



There are several examples in the Swiahoe collection from Hakodadi 

 (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 453), and there are ten iu the Pryer collec- 

 tion from Yokohama. 



The Greenshank breeds in the Arctic Regions from Scotland 

 across Lapland and Siberia to Kamtschatka. 



324. TOTANUS STAGNATILIS. 



(MARSH-SANDPIPER.) 



Totamts stagnatilis, Bechstein, Orn. Taschenb. ii. p. 292 (1803). 



The Marsh- Sandpiper has a white lower back and rump, and nearly 

 uniform grey secondaries, like the Greenshank ; but it is a smaller 

 bird (wing from carpal joint about 5^ inches long). 



Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, viii. pi. 566. 



The Marsh-Sandpiper is a very rare visitor on migration to the 

 Japanese islands. The only example that I know of from Japan is 

 the one described from Mr. Owston's collection (Blakiston and Pryer, 

 Trans. As. Soc. Japan, 1882, p. 109, no. 95^). It was probably 

 obtained in the Yokohama market. 



